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SAN FRANCISCO—President Donald Trump arrived by Air Force One on Tuesday, September 17 to the Bay Area for a two-day trip of the coastal state. Trump's arrival marks the President's first visit to the San Francisco area since the inauguration in January 2017. He appeared at three fundraisers in Palo Alto, Beverly Hills, and San Diego to secure financial...

UNITED STATES—The Trump administration and the United States Department of Justice are working together on a proposal to expedite the trials and use of the death penalty for individuals found guilty in mass shootings. A recent mass shooting occurred in the Midland-Odessa area of Texas on August 31, resulting in the deaths of 7 people, and 19 others were injured....

UNITED STATES—Financier Jeffrey Epstein, 66, was found dead hanging inside his jail cell from an apparent suicide on Saturday, August 10. He was being held without bond in federal prison in Manhattan, New York on sex trafficking charges. Prison guards at Metropolitan Correctional Center found Epstein before 7:00 a.m. He was transported to a nearby hospital where he was...

UNITED STATES—The suspect responsible for sending pipe bombs to prominent democrats, actors and various news outlets in 2008 has been sentenced to 20 years in prison. The United States Department of Justice reported on Monday, August 5, 2019, that Syoc aka, “Cesar Randazzo,” “Cesar Altieri,” “Cesar Altieri Randazzo,“ and also known as, the Make America Great Again bomber pled guilty...

EL PASO, TX—A gunman opened fire inside an El Paso, Texas Walmart near the Cielo Vista Mall on Saturday, August 3, killing 22 people, and injuring 26 others. According to reports, gunfire was reported at 10:39 a.m. inside the retail giant, where Patrick Wood Crusius, 21, opened fired on unexpected shoppers. He was taken into custody and is being...

SAN FRANCISCO—San Francisco billionaire and philanthropist, Tom Steyer, announced his campaign for the 2020 presidential election on Tuesday, July 9 after denying his interest to run earlier this year. Steyer joined the race a day after Eric Swalwell, the 37-year-old congressman and Democratic presidential candidate dropped from running. Steyer will replace him as the 23rd presidential candidate on an already...

SAN FRANCISCO—An auditor announced on Thursday, June 20, that the California State University school system hid a $1.5 billion surplus over the last 10 years. Elaine Howle, the California State Auditor, conducted a report from 2008 through 2018 with 23 campuses and 480,000 students and found that the CSU system did not inform students of the surplus when discussing...

UNITED STATES—Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders publicly announced that she is stepping down from office to go back home to Arkansas to spend time with her family. During a press conference, Huckabee could not say enough good things about her time as Press Secretary and working for President Donald Trump. She noted it was the single best thing she has...

UNITED STATES—President Donald Trump and the President of Mexico, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador came to an agreement to stem the flow of immigrants traveling through Mexico from Central America to the U.S. border. If an agreement was not reached between both parties, President Trump planned to issue tariffs on all goods imported from Mexico into the United States. The tariffs...

UNITED STATES—President Donald Trump announced a new immigration plan from the Rose Garden on May 16. Trump laid out the two-part plan in detail on the White House website, where the plan recognizes the need for full border security. The new plan has a permanent self-sustaining border security fund within it. The revenue generated at the ports of entry...